Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-18

to make nv money last LOT hecessa.ieS'
In the evening l handed oneef my dollars
to the conductor in the car going nome,
and may l be hung if he didn't return me
eight dimes and three nickels in change.
I would not have believed the thing
possible if it had not happened - 1t did,
and ss it was il nearly paralyZed me. l
put the eighty cents away with the fifty,
and instead Of going down town that even
ing as 1 intended, / stayed at home ana
talked TO the old lady. | had better luc
the next day, for I spent one OF the nickels
for car fare in the morning, took ten
cent lunch with the other two, and walked
home in the evening. That evening
STAYED in the house. Well, by good man
segment / made that money last me as
long as il would have done if | had not &C
ouired the dime habit, and found myself
s.. 20 ahead on the SIS, or nearly 80 L
started out with. The proportion in other
allowances has not been so great, but it
has still been so large that | found myself
away ahead on the month.
"When we all came to reckon up, we
discovered that we had saved enough
money to pay all the small debts we had
out. I have kept the practice mp, al
though the others, / believe, have aban-
doned it. 1 find myself not only better of
in purse as a result of it, but in habits as
we'll, and in the estimation of the old
folks, who have taken a renewed interest
in me since / began saving my money"
Many experiences similar to those re-
lated above were told, but none exceeded
in interest the following, which wa given
by a young lady as happening to two
young people she knew. They were 8
young couple who were very much in love;
"Her father was very much opposed to
the idea of their marrying" said the re-
porter's fair informant, declaring that
she WAS too young, and that he was moth
ing but a clerk, who might never be any
thing better. One night the gentleman
took the lady 10 the exposition. After the
turning down of the lights they boarded a
cable car. She lives on Vandeyenter ave-
nue.. When the conductor came around
to the young nan the latter felt in his
pockets, blushed crimson, and then, turn
ing to the lady, asked if she had any
change in her purse. She replied that che
had forgotten to take her purse. He smil-
irgly requested his love to step out with
him. The conductor looked surprised, but
let them of, as they were not more than a
block and a half then from the Exposition
building.
No sooner were they in the street than
the gentleman offered an apology. He told
his companion that he had never spent a
dime and that, much to his surprise, he
found when asked for his fare by the con-
ductor that he had nothing in his pocket
but dimes. Rather than break his resolu-
ton not to part with a single dime under
any circumstances he took the liberty OF
requesting the lady to lend him some
change, and when she had none to ask her
to walk home. They were both very much
more willing to walk than ride, ! fancy,
and enjoyed that long stretch to the ut
most. But it was very late when the
young lady was admitted to her home, and
she found her parents awaiting her, both a
little bit alarmed at her long absence.
"After the departure Of her companion
the lady explained his mishap and did it
so nicely and with so much praise of her
hero that her father changed his opinion of
him at once. He said that q young fellow
WHO WOuIu Save uloneJ III InaU plLSo "oulN1
get along in life without q guardian, and
he determined to do all in his power to
show friendship for him. The young peo-
pie are engaged, Of course, and the young
man stands better with his proposed pater-
familias than any one in the city"
All Of which goes to show that it is q
good thing to save your dimes. 1t will
cost you a good many sacrifices, but stick
to the resolution to part not with the little
silver ten-cent pieces and you will find
yourself ahead in every respect. Begin
now and see how much you will able to
present yourself with on Christmas day.